Man-in-the-middle attack in PostgreSQL Java Database Connectivity - CVE-2018-10936
Published: August 31, 2018 / Updated: September 3, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14591
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10936
CWE-ID: CWE-300
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in the PostgreSQL Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) driver due to insufficient validation of hostnames by the affected software. A remote unauthenticated attacker can masquerade as a trusted server on the network, conduct a man-in-the-middle attack and conduct further attacks.
Affected software
PostgreSQL Java Database Connectivity
Fedora
watsonx.data
postgresql-jdbc
Fedora
watsonx.data
postgresql-jdbc
How to mitigate CVE-2018-10936
Update to version 42.2.5.
PostgreSQL Java Database Connectivity - update to 42.2.5
watsonx.data - update to 2.0.2
postgresql-jdbc - addressed in versions 42.2.5-2.fc28, 42.2.5-2.fc29
watsonx.data - update to 2.0.2
postgresql-jdbc - addressed in versions 42.2.5-2.fc28, 42.2.5-2.fc29